2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized in Louisville's Shawnee Park Shootings: Police

"This is the worst Thanksgiving ever; I'll never be back"

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Two people were killed and four were hospitalized in shootings at a riverfront park in Louisville, police said Thursday.

Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell said officers responded to a call of multiple shootings about 1:30 p.m. at Shawnee Park. The injuries among those taken to University Hospital were not considered life threatening, he said.

"Most people were here having a good time," Mitchell said. "But unfortunately this tragic situation has happened."

Youth games had just ended and two women's teams were in the middle of a flag football game when the shots were fired. Men's games scheduled to take place afterward were canceled.

Charlotte Waddell, a cousin of the late Muhammad Ali who has attended the football event for decades, told The Courier-Journal that she had just finished talking to the mayor when she heard several gunshots.

"This is the worst Thanksgiving ever; I'll never be back," she said. "I'm pretty shaken up."